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  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

      Latest: New Members - Introduce Yourself FatBurritoEater Sep 24, 2018 at 6:52 PM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: Used Deals Thread Mr.Sneis Sep 24, 2018 at 9:42 PM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? (2nd Part) Deep Funk Sep 24, 2018 at 11:30 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2018 AllanMarcus Sep 23, 2018 at 12:52 PM
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: Visualizing the effects of distortion in measurents (a suggestion) skem Aug 27, 2018
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: APB: CA Atlas - @warrior Kunlun Sep 24, 2018 at 7:09 PM
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: Grados on a Plane Bina Sep 24, 2018 at 11:24 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Apex Peak Dimitris Sep 24, 2018 at 8:05 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Periodic Audio Be mod La Cenric Sep 24, 2018 at 10:16 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Digital Cables Thad E Ginathom Sep 24, 2018 at 3:43 PM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Schiit Modi 3 Cspirou Sep 24, 2018 at 10:06 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Digital Volume Control v. Analogue Attenuation msommers Sep 15, 2018
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Post your turntable setup...can't get enough of those spinners! Torq Sep 21, 2018 at 8:17 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Mjolnir Gen 1 as balanced Pre? Dynasty62 Sep 23, 2018 at 5:25 PM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Vincent SP-331 Power Amp Review ned Sep 23, 2018 at 2:41 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: General Speaker Advice and Recommendations Armaegis Sep 24, 2018 at 6:58 PM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Gear Measurements (unsanctioned) sub-forum. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: Verum Audio - Exciting high performance DIY planar Dzerh Sep 24, 2018 at 4:47 PM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: FiiO F9 Brooko Sep 3, 2018
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: mcth 28V LPS and SMPS technical measurements zhouharvey Jul 19, 2018
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Schiit Modi 3 DAC Measurements ultrabike Sep 22, 2018 at 3:36 PM
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Riva Turbo X Review (mini) and Measurements dBel84 Sep 14, 2018
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Comparison of several audio analysis systems - technical measurements atomicbob Jul 14, 2018
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: European friends listing Forza AudioWorks Sep 10, 2018
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: iFi xDSD Clemmaster Sep 24, 2018 at 3:49 PM
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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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      Latest: Vansen's Music Blog thegunner100 Sep 21, 2018 at 6:56 PM
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Vintage DAC White Elephant repair(Assemblage 3.1) Cspirou Sep 24, 2018 at 9:33 PM
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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: cskippy's free gear for money super sale E_Schaaf Sep 24, 2018 at 4:26 PM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

      2. Birthdays

      3. Health

      Latest: The Funny/LOL Thread m17xr2b Sep 24, 2018 at 11:32 PM
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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: Inspirational Stuff TwoEars Sep 20, 2018 at 6:02 AM
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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

      Latest: What are you reading? OldDude04 Sep 22, 2018 at 4:53 PM
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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: Whiskey is better! Cspirou Sep 23, 2018 at 5:58 AM
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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: The music we make slankoe Sep 17, 2018
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Post Your Favorite Photos (Must have been taken by you!) Syzygy Sep 22, 2018 at 11:06 PM
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: None of the above - Any cyclists? Kernel Kurtz Sep 16, 2018
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: Upscale Audio Announcement! snoogans Sep 17, 2018
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    2. Schiit

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      Latest: Schiit Audio behind the scenes YouTube channel! - SchiitFerBrainz! LetMeBeFrank Sep 24, 2018 at 9:54 AM
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    3. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: Source AV Focal Headphone Deals TSAVJason Sep 21, 2018 at 2:46 PM
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    4. Eddie Current

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      Latest: EC Aficionado (was: The Studio Jr.) Senorx12562 Sep 22, 2018 at 7:11 PM
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